The great unblocking? EU foreign ministers eye sweeping changes as Orbán exits – POLITICO

“We should also revisit long-blocked decisions including opening negotiations with Ukraine,” the bloc’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas told a news conference, also citing sanctions and blocked funding for Ukraine under the EU’s Peace Facility, its mechanism for funding military assistance for Kyiv. One of the EU diplomats present for closed-door discussions between foreign ministers said: […]

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EU members reject push to suspend association agreement with Israel – POLITICO

Kallas raised the possibility of adopting “measures that require a qualified majority of votes,” among them targeted sanctions or partial measures focused on trade. Italy’s Tajani explicitly backed that approach. “I believe it is better to sanction individually those responsible, I am thinking of violent settlers,” he said, while expressing skepticism about broader trade measures […]

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L’Union européenne cherche à relancer les achats groupés de gaz – POLITICO

Alors qu’AggregateEU a depuis été absorbé dans un ensemble plus large d’outils, la Commission cherche à étendre ces derniers pour “faciliter la coordination de l’action de l’UE auprès des fournisseurs de pétrole et de gaz et des pays partenaires ayant des profils d’importation d’énergie similaires”, est-il indiqué dans une déclaration prérédigée qui devrait être prononcée […]

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Lawmakers urge EU Parliament to halt monthly Strasbourg trip over energy costs – POLITICO

Moving roughly 4,000 lawmakers and staff each month undermines that message, she argued, pointing to the European Commission’s recent guidance to curb transport demand and work remotely where possible. In a similar letter set to be delivered to Metsola on Wednesday, ECR lawmakers argue the costly back-and-forth trips to Strasbourg should be temporarily suspended “in […]

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